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Organised Crime: Retail Trade

Commons · Question 4662 · Tabled 29 May 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 8 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by James McMurdock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Home Office’s press release entitled New high street unit set up in nationwide blitz on dodgy shops, published on 19 May 2026, what estimate she has made of the amount of crimina

Answer

Answered by Dan Jarvis, 8 Jun 2026

The National Crime Agency estimates that at least £1 billion is being laundered through rogue barber shops, vape stores, mini-marts and nail bars operating on UK high streets.As such, addressing this threat is a priority for the Government, and on 19 May,...